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Gender, sex and equal health: including boys in the HPV vaccination programme in Swedish primary schools

In Gender & Sex, Sex & relationships education, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Young people

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Ylva Odenbring & Lisa Lindén (2023) Gender, sex and equal health: school nurses’ strategies and experiences of including boys in the HPV vaccination programme in Swedish primary schools, Sex Education, 23:5, 617-630, DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2022.2106959 Abstract: Since autumn 2020, boys in the fifth year of school (11-year-old students) in Sweden have been offered human papillomavirus (HPV)...

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How to talk about abortion: a guide to stigma-free messaging

By J Pope

In Pregnancy choices, Reproductive health

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International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Updated April 2023 How to talk about abortion: A guide to stigma-free messaging (updated April 2023) provides useful tips and advice on what to consider when developing materials relating to abortion. The content includes examples of positive, rights-based messages, and how to avoid using stigmatizing language and images. This guide can be used...

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Experts are worried more STIs are going round undetected because of COVID

By J Pope

In HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

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ABC News, 28th April 2021 The initial stats were looking good: that sexually transmissible infection (STI) rates have dropped during the pandemic, thanks to things like lockdown and social distancing. But new research from the Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre and University of Sydney suggests that might only be a short-term thing, and that rates of undetected STIs could be a lot higher than we...

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Emergency contraception awareness in an at‐risk population

By J Pope

In Contraception, Young people

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Hope, D. L., Hattingh, L. and King, M. A. (2019) J Pharm Pract Res. doi:10.1002/jppr.1554 Background Consumer awareness of emergency contraception is generally poor. School leavers (schoolies) engage in risky behaviours, including casual sex and alcohol and drug consumption. Aim The aim of this study was to explore the awareness of an at‐risk population of schoolies regarding the use and...

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Resource Kit – Young People and Sexual Health

By J Pope

In Aboriginal Health, Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Health, LGBTIQ+ issues, Multicultural communities, Reproductive health, Safer sex, Sex & relationships education, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Young people

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NSW STI Programs Unit, 2017 The Resource Kit contians tools, fact sheets, activities and protocols for working with young people around sexual health. Section 1: Organisational Tools Tools supporting organisations to engage in sexual health Access tools Section 2: Worker Tools & Fact Sheets Sexual health tools and fact sheets for workers Acess tools Section 3: Games & Activities Fun games...

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2016 Snapshot of student feedback on SHINE’s Relationships and Sexual Health program

By J Pope

In Sex & relationships education, SHINE SA news & events, Young people

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SHINE SA, August 2017 This report summarises data collected from students who participated in the SHINE SA Focus Schools Program at their school in 2016. The Focus Schools Program is available to Department for Education and Child Development schools in South Australia that have a secondary years component. In 2016 there were 127 schools involved in the program. The full report is available from...

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